Dead Heat

"Jill Aspen, fleeing the demons of her past, finds a job with horse trainer Jake Fontana and an ally in Sal "Bones" Righetti, ex-mob enforcer, jock's agent, and wily horseplayer. Righetti vows to help Aspen break free from her past, just as he has done, while Fontana provides a potential vehicle to stardom. This is Tumultuous, a horse Fontana trains that one day may carry all of them to what Bones thinks of as the "rainbow's end."" "Aspen's determination to become a great jockey is just one of the many obsessions driving the characters in Dead Heat and putting them in harm's way. Fontana is tortured by the memory of his beloved wife, Maria. Righetti is consumed with winning the next pick six and with protecting Jill Aspen. Horse breeder Paul Furman is fixated on his race for the Senate while hiding a terrible secret."--BOOK JACKET.